Tips by Dr. Lori

Who is Dr. Lori?

Dr. Lori is the star antiques appraiser on the History channel's The Curse of Oak Island, Discovery channel's Auction Kings and appears on FOX Business Network's Strange Inheritance.

Dr. Lori has shared her expertise with NBC TV's TODAY show, Anderson LIVE, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NBC TV's The Tonight Show, Inside Edition, and Lifetime Television. Dr. Lori is an award-winning TV personality and TV talk show host with the Ph.D. in art history.

Ph.D. antiques appraiser, Dr. Lori Verderame is an internationally syndicated columnist with columns carried in 400+ publications reaching more than 9.5 million readers monthly in print and millions more online including her blog for Lifetime Television. She has been an editor of several lifestyle magazines and she is an author with 30 books to her credit. Dr. Lori is the director of www.DrLoriV.com.

Watch Dr. Lori share her background

Dr. Lori is a graduate of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Wesleyan University. She earned her Ph.D. in art history from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Lori has served on the faculty at Penn State University, State University of New York, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Albertus Magnus College, Arcadia University, Southern Connecticut State University, and Muhlenberg College.

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TV Talk Show Host

From teaching at major universities to presenting over 150 shows each year in front of live audiences around the world, Dr. Lori's experience educating and entertaining crowds of all ages makes her a natural in front of the camera and as a TV host.

When the program Comcast Tonight was re-launched, owned by the nation's largest cable company, the Comcast Network, Dr. Lori was selected to host the TV talk show. As a popular TV host, Dr. Lori engages media executives, tech experts, politicians, community organizers, celebrities, and other guests in countless interviews on a variety of lifestyle, political, and news topics.

With over 150 events every year and in home appraisal visits around the world, Dr. Lori reviews approximately 20,000 items a year.

Unlike most art and antique appraisers, Dr. Lori has a Ph.D. in art history and DOES NOT have an interest in buying people's objects, thus ensuring an honest, ethical, and accurate appraisal..

Some appraisers don't want you to know the true value of an object since they are interested in buying the object from you at a much lower price than its actual value. Good business for them, but not for the general public who has no idea what their items are worth.

If you are interested in selling your items, we suggest that you receive an independent appraisal from an unrelated third party. This DOES NOT mean that you should use an appraiser who was referred to you by a prospective buyer. Once you have an independent appraisal, you then have the necessary information you need to protect yourself and properly negotiate when you are selling the item.

Compare Dr. Lori's background and experience with other art and antiques appraisers.

Known internationally for her roles on the History channel's The Curse of Oak Island and Discovery channel's Auction Kings and her syndicated column, Dr. Lori is an excellent keynote speaker for your next event, client appreciation program, or conference.

With years of TV and radio experience and over 150 personal appearances a year for decades presenting to thousands of people worldwide, Dr. Lori is a professional speaker. Her presentations are NOT canned, boring slide show presentations. She will NOT stand in front of your audience only to show videos of herself on a screen.

She will actually engage, entertain, and inform your audience. Your group will laugh out loud and ask you even before the program is over, "Are you having Dr. Lori back next year?"

She can customize her talks or you can select a program from the following topic areas:

Tips and real stories involving dumpsters, actual appraisal values and eBay that you can use to separate the reputable antiques dealers from the not so reputable. Many antiques dealers run upstanding businesses, but some do not. Here are some examples of the not so reputable.